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The Bing day
Yesterday, I turned off Google. I turned on Bing. I set up a new email account: gomonews@live.com then I surfed, added plug-ins. Surfed again, sent invitations to friends, played with the mobile site. Joined the Bing Webmaster forum and submitted about 20 sites to Bing.
The conclusion:
I love it. I love the images on the search [...]
Cost-effective Satellite Bandwidth across Africa
atrexx boosts bandwidth-hungry applications from a triple platform
Remagen, Germany – 11 May 2009 – German satellite service provider atrexx today announced the launch of a triple-feature iDirect platform on the Telstar 11N satellite that has the potential to radically improve satellite-based services throughout the African continent. Depending on the needs and existing infrastructure, customers can [...]
Nectar Accessories making Bluetooh, sexy not Star Trekie
The strangest things happen. There I am in Vegas waiting for a TAXI and this woman approaches me and asks “are you press”.
I respond, “yes!”. She asks if she can pitch her product to me and I am like “sure”.
Her name was Renee and she was from Nectar Accessories. She was very stylish and was [...]
SIM4travel offers United Mobile Customers a Way Forward
• Free Replacement SIM
• £5 Free Credit When You Top-Up £10
• Free P&P
LONDON, 30 April 2009 – SIM4travel, a Truphone company and the leading supplier of global travel SIM cards, is offering United Mobile customers affected by the termination of the United Mobile service a free SIM4travel SIM with free £5 credit when they top-up [...]
NFC phone on Nokia 6216 classic
Nokia has announced the 6216 classic device. It is a Near Field Communication or NFCdevice. This is the first SIM based NFC device for one tap entrance into mobile services from tags or any NFC compatible terminal.
From the press release:
“The Nokia 6216 classic will be amongst the first commercial devices in the market complying with [...]
3D football match – only with Orange France
This is interesting. After watching Monsters vs Aliens on 3D I have become a huge fan of 3D… so Orange will air an experimental broadcast that will be the first ever football match in 3D.
Its the French Premier League on the 24th and its Lyon vs Paris. The 3D show is not strictly mobile but [...]
AT&T news: it wants to extend iPhone exclusivity, and launches child-locator app
There’s two pieces of AT&T activity to talk about today. First, it wants to hold on to it’s iPhone exclusivity for as long as possible. Second, it has become the latest in a number of companies providing family security for mobile, with it’s mobile device tracker.
iPhone:
According to various sources, AT&Ts exclusive hold on the iPhone [...]
Mobile social networks Brightkite and Limbo merge to form stronger service
Two mobile social networks announced that they are combining forces today. Limbo and Brightkite will be merging into a larger service, keeping the Brightkite name. Both are location-based MoSo’s, with a focus on getting users to actually meet up in the real world. Both are also quite large services, and they claim that the new [...]
TynTec signs strategic partnership with IATA for mobile boarding passes
Mobile messaging operator reinforces credentials in the airline space with partner status
April 2nd, 2009: London, UK: Mobile messaging operator TynTec today announces a strategic partnership with airline industry body IATA. The partnership, which will see TynTec working with IATA on the Bar Coded Boarding Passes (BCBP) initiative, will be aimed at working with airlines and [...]
GoMo News uses 300 MB data in 5 days and still wants more
Having always been a data junkie on unlimited packages in Europe – I am shocked at how expensive and how much data I actually consume.
Last week I bought an ATT unlimited DATA bundle capped at 100 MB for USD 20. I thought that would be plenty for two weeks in LA. My first batch of [...]
Mobile email provider Momail launches new Facebook service
Momail has launched a new Facebook service that will allow it’s users to upload pictures update their status without a net connection. The new service allows users to email cameraphone pics directly to Facebook, where it will appear on their profile page. This is done through the Momail email system, so no downloads or installations [...]
Cebit 2009: Vodafone Germany teams with Microsoft for services to small and medium enterprises
At Cebit in Hanover Germany, Vodafone has announced that it will offer single communication and converged services via a new collaboration with Microsoft Online Services.
What is the offer?
Hosted by Microsoft and available through Vodafone in this offering, Microsoft Online Services deliver enterprise-class communications and collaboration software as subscription services to businesses of all sizes, including [...]
Smaato Mobile Advertising Awards in pictures
There was a great event at Mobile World Congress – it was the Smaato Simyo party! Here are some pictures of the event including some terrible ones of me dancing! There is one lovely one of Renate from Smaato with William from the Black Eyed Peas.
